Poultry roost



Sept. 6, 1932. F. A.- wEsTLUND 1,376,371

POULTRY ROOST Filed April 22, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 XXX nu u Sept. 6, 1932.

F.l A. wEsTLUND POULTRY ROOST Filed April 22. 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTUR DM m. LIW mj W@ Hm E K ET UNH ,N EWR F/ T T TJQ Patented Sept; 6, 1932 UNITED y STATES GLENDALE, cALrronNIA POULTRY BOOST Application led April 22,`

An object of my invention in a poultry roost construction relates to the facilities f or cleaning the poultry house as well as providing roosts for the poultry, keeping try properly spaced. y

Another object and feature of my invention relates to the manner of installing the poultry roost .in a poultry house, whereby the roost proper for the poultry' is located l0 within the house and :the cleaning arrangement is located -outside of the poultry house whereby the portion of the poultry house below the roost can be cleaned Without the necessity of the operator entering the poultry i house itself.

In more detail, another object and feature of my invention is the use of an endless belt Vconveyor which extends longitudinally below. the poultry roosts and on which'the drop-y pings may be collected, and by operating the belt these may be moved to one side of the building and then carted away for disposal. Another detailed feature of my invention comprises placing roosts over a bin or hopper structure with sloping walls, these being side walls and leading downwardly to the upper Y run of the endless belt whereby all the droppings and cleanings will gravitate to the'belt and may be removed by actuating the belt.

Another feature of my invention comf prises a sanding device'for laying a layer of sand on the belt. 1 Another detailed feature comprisesy a screening for the bin to prevent the poultry from getting od the roosts into the bin.

A further detailed feature of my invention consists of employing a granular material on tie straps 28 formed of two boards extending the sloping sides of the bin andon the endless-conveyor toreceive the droppings and to screen the material from the conveyor and reuse the granular material. I

My invention in a single unit device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan of the poultry roosts illustrating part of a poultry building on the line' 1-1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the liner 2-2 of Fig. .l

in 'the direction ofthe ar- ,.rows; Y v "i 'uch poul- 'ing sides of the bin.v

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Fig. 3 isV a vertical transverse section on Fig. 5 is a detailed elevation taken in the direction of the arrow 5 of Fig. 1; l

Fig. 6 isa detail enlargement of theslop- In my construction I employ supporting frames 11 which have a pair of oppositely positioned posts 12', these posts being shown each made of two struts or boards located at each end of the roost for a single unit, and secured to the top of the legs there are slopingbraces 13. Transverse beams 14 are connected acrossv at the top of the posts, these being notched out and having a V-shaped .iioor 15 resting thereon, the licor running F Ylengthwise between the posts 12. lend. of the machine there are end frames 16 At keach formed by longitudinal beams 17 extending diagonal braces 18.

form journals for the axles 2O of the drums 21, and over the drumsl there is an endless belt 22. One of the drums has a crank 24 for rotatingthe drum and, hence, driving the belt.y The bin employs side sloping walls 25 13 and on the inside' of the sides'of' the bin f there 'are a series of battens 26, these .battens being designed to hold a layer of sand 27. The top of the bin is tiedV together by the `boards' 28, this, preferably, being a loose it l, to allow. removalo'fA the roostV as a unit, if

desired. The roost vhas a lower set of roost bars 32 which are fastened to the'lower sills 31. Short posts 33 extend upwardly from the lower sills 31fand have upper sills3l secured thereto.' These upper sills support a :series Vwhich are supported on the sloping braces rods 88 to which the screening may be secured,

and thus forming a reinforcing strengthening support for the wire fabric. The bin is constructed of such a length vthat it fits snuglyV between the sides 39 of the poultry house, andthe'screeningfis securedas indicated at 40 to these walls, thuspreventing any ot the poultry from getting into the bin.

Thepoultry house at one end has an opening 41 inf which is iitted a sand box 42, this box having a lid 43 for filling with sand, a sioping bottom'44, and anopening 45 at the lowermost portion. A sandfeeding roll 46 is journale'din they sides of the sandbox and driven by a belt 47, which belt is driven by the'driven drunrQl. At the oppositeend of the bin there is' ali-'opening 48 in the wall 39 for the projection of4 the end of the belt and the supporting frames 16 `aty such end.. These supportingV frames, preferably, have spacing bars 49' between the beams 17.

InL the operation of the device, the' sand between the battensy on the sloping sides of the bin'5 allowsthe droppings to roll toward the bottomon to the upper run of the belt 22. This belt is automatically sanded when the crank 24 isl rotated' and in order to clean the roost structure it is only necessary to rotate vthis crank sufciently to carry theupper run of the belt extending underneath the roosts toward the' discharge end 50, and4 the sand and droppings'may then be discharged over the end drum into a suitable receptacle.

The various notches 19 allowy foradjusting the belt should: this become too loose after theV initial setup, or if the' belt requiresl cutting and' shortening the drums carrying the belt may be shifted inwardly towardv each other. The V-shaped bottom boards 15 allow the'- upper run of the' belt tol sag and be, in part, supported by these boards.

Atthe discharge end of the conveyor I utilizeI a screen 511 which is illustrate-cl as sloping, having' one end supported on props' 52, and this screen receives the material carried by the conveyor and screens .the droppings from the granular material, which latter material may then be' used over again. Y

Fig` 6 illustratesI the manner in which the granular material, which may be sand or sawdust or something of a similar nature, is held on the sloping sides of the bin by means of the battens 26. This causes the droppings to' roll to the bottom of thev bin. l

VVarious changes may be made in the de tails of construction without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I cla-im:

l. A poultry roost construction having an elongated bin, a plurality of roost bars positioned abovethe bin, a screening between the bars and Athe top of the bin, the'bin having an opening at the bottom, a conveyor extending longitudinally through said opening from endto end of thebin, means to operate the conveyor, and means to deposit sand on the conveyor when in operation, said roost bars being. positioned ina plurality of tiers one above the other, and separating means positioned in staggered relation one to the other on the upper and lower roost bars to space the poultry in a staggered relation.

2. A poultry roost construction having an elongated bin with outwardly and upwardly sloping sides and open at the bottom, a plurality of roost bars positioned above the bin, an endless conveyor extending longitudinally through the opening in the bottom of the bin, means to support a. granular material on'the sloping sides of the bin, and means to load the conveyor with a granular material.

3. A poultry roost construction having an elongated bin with upwardly and outwardly sloping sides and open at the bottom, said sides having longitudinal battens, a plurality of roost bars positioned above the bin, an endless belt having its upper run extending longitudinally through the opening from end to end of the bin, means to operate the belt, means to deposit sand on the belt at one end,

said means being operative by the movement of the belt, said battens supporting a layer of granular material for the sloping sides of the bin.

4. A poultry roost construction as claimed in claim .3, the discharge end oi" the belt having a sloping screen positioned below such discharge end.

5. A poultry roost construction having an elongated bin with sloping sides open at the bottom with a conveyor therein, the top of the bin having tie straps connecting opposite sides, roost bars supported on transverse sills, said sills itting adjacent the tie straps and being readily removable with the roost bars as a unit.

6. A poultry roost construction as claimed mounted on the upper sills, said lower sills with the roost bars being removable as a unit.

8. In a poultry roost construction, a plurality of lower transverse sills having short posts connecting thereto with upper sills on the posts, longitudinal roost bars on the lower and upper sills, and a spacing means on said roost bars tospace the poultry apart in staggered relation.

9. A poultry roost construction having a bin with outwardly and upwardly sloping sides with an opening at the bottom and top, a plurality of roost bars positioned above the bin, and means to support a granular material on the sloping sides of the bin, the open bottom providing means for cleaning the bin.

10. A poultry roost construction having an,

elongated bin with outwardly and upwardly sloping sides and open at the bottom and at the top, a plurality of roost bars positioned above the bin and extending longitudinally thereof, and means to support a Igranular material on the sloping sides of the bin, the open bottom providing for cleaning the bin. i

l1. A poultry roost construction as claimed in claim 10, the means to support the granular material comprising a plurality of battens extending substantially horizontally on the sloping sides.

12. A poultry roost construction having an elongated bin with' outwardly and upwardly sloping sides and open at the bottom, a plurality of roost bars positioned above the bin, an endless conveyor extending longitudinally through the opening in the bottom of the bin, and means to support a granular material on the sloping sides of the bin.

13. A poultry roost construction having an elongated bin with upwardly and outwardly sloping sides and open at the bottom, said sides having longitudinal battens, a plurality of roost bars positioned above the bin, an endless belt having its upper run extending longitudinally through the opening from end to end of the bin, means to operate the belt, said battens supporting a layer of granular material on the sloping sides of the bin.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANK A. WESTLUND. 

